Black and white engraving of a man on a ladder by a tall tree, a figure and a pig at lower left, a village and a flying animal in the sky, caption MARTIUS below.

Martius: engraved landscape with a man on a ladder

An engraved landscape shows a man standing on a ladder beside a large tree, while a second figure and a pig or boar rest near the trunk at lower left. A small animal drifts through the sky above a distant village, beneath the caption MARTIUS.

Artist: Simon Frisius
Date: 1611
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Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 3121 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1611.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Martius: engraved landscape with a man on a ladder

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